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Published: May 28, 2004

British Seize Radical Cleric Sought by U.S.

Britain has arrested a radical Islamic cleric after the United States requested his extradition on terrorism charges. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that an 11-count indictment of the cleric included charges of hostage-taking in connection with an attack on 16 tourists in Yemen in 1998. He is also charged with conspiring to provide support to Al Qaeda. PAGE A12

New Post for Cardinal Law

Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who was forced to resign as leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston after the sexual-abuse scandal, was chosen by Pope John Paul II to head a basilica in Rome. PAGE A13

It's Not Easy Being Blue

A Chinese jumping frog and 200 other charmers will be at the American Museum of Natural History in a colorful exhibition opening tomorrow. WEEKEND, PAGE E36

Consumer Lender Is Fined

The Federal Reserve said it had ordered a unit of Citigroup to pay $70 million for abuses in personal and mortgage loans to low-income and high-risk borrowers nationwide. BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1

City's Tax Dependence Rises

New York City's tax base is increasingly dependent on income and corporate taxes, leaving it vulnerable to Wall Street's fortunes, a Federal Reserve study shows. PAGE B1

Urgent Iraq Interrogations

Untrained personnel were pressed into service as analysts and interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison last fall, because of an urgent desire for information. PAGE A11

Raising an Oar for Equity

Many colleges have turned to non-traditional sports for women, including rowing, to bring about gender equity. SPORTSFRIDAY, PAGE D1